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Cud 'n' Tith's Death and Dismemberment Thursday "Dudes, Rocks, Dudes Rocking" - The American Astronaut (2001) and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) @ 1630 EST/2130 UTC/2230 CET

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Tonight’s Movies!

We’ve got an absurdist early-2000s double feature tonight. First up is The American Astronaut (2001), a musical space opera about dudes, rocks, and dudes rocking - all in outer space. It’s a man’s/boy’s world - women are whispered about, but no one has actually seen one before except for one character. Fresh fruit is smuggled. The director/star of the movie, Cory McAbee, was the leading man for the band The Billy Nayer Show. This film grew out of a space-themed live concept show the band performed.

Next is Bubba Ho-Tep (2002), starring Bruce Campbell (from the Evil Dead series, which we’ve watched part of before) as a geriatric Elvis Presley who, having faked his death, is now dying of penile cancer in a West Texas nursing home. Ossie Davis co-stars as JFK, who survived that day in Dallas (and is a black man, for reasons that may or may not be explained in the course of the movie) and is also rotting away forgotten in the same nursing home. They have to team up to fight mummies who have invaded their nursing home to kill the residents. Dudes rock.

The American Astronaut (2001)

Stolen from the DVD box:

Eraserhead meets Buck Rogers by way of an MGM musical in this bizarre outer-space saga about Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), a galactic truck driver looking to make a killing. The film opens with Curtis landing on the freewheeling, all-male asteroid of Ceres. Before winning a dance contest with his buddy Blueberry Pirate – who is renowned for smuggling fresh fruit – Curtis learns from Blueberry about a scheme to give a fetal “real live girl” to the similarly male-dominated planet of Jupiter in exchange for a strapping adolescent known solely as “The Boy Who Actually Saw a Female Breast.” He in turn will be sent to the all-female planet of Venus where he will spend his life servicing the planet’s occupants. Unfortunately, Curtis is followed by the mysterious self-proclaimed birthday boy Professor Hess, who has a tendency to vaporize any and all who come into contact with him. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival as a part of the Midnight Madness program.

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

Stolen from www.themoviedb.org/movie/9707-bubba-ho-tep

Bubba Ho-tep tells the “true” story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death,” then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

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The American Astronaut (2001)

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This is as long as it is only because there’s thorough documentation of potential triggers for this film.

  • Multiple discussions of child marriage
  • problematic age gap
  • child abuse
  • a minor is sexualized
  • pseudo-incest
  • jokes about sexual assault on mentions
  • sudden loud noises
  • ableist language/behavior
  • child abandonment
  • a mentally ill person is violent
  • someone struggles to breathe
  • stylized gun violence
  • a parent dies
  • someone has PTSD
  • disabled person portrayed by abled person
  • choking
  • stalking
  • alcohol use
  • someone is watched without their knowledge
  • someone loses their virginity (not shown)
  • spitting
  • screaming
  • someone’s mouth is covered
  • kidnapping
  • meltdowns
  • someone is restrained
  • a spaceship has a rough landing

IMDB Parental Guide:

Sex + Nudity: Mild

  • Several sexual references are made, including female masterbation, “humping,” and sex with multiple partners. - One of the characters is referred to as “the boy who actually saw a woman’s breasts.” - A song is titled “The Girl With The Vagina Made Of Glass.”

Violence + Gore: Mild

  • A ray gun disintegrates people.

Profanity: Severe

  • Although not constant, the F- and S-words are used occasionally. The F-word is primarily used, and as such the profanity exceeds what would generally be considered a PG-13 level.

Alcohol, Drugs + Smoking: Mild

  • In a bar, all of the customers are either smoking or drinking.

Frightening + Intense Scenes: None

  • Nothing ever happens.

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

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  • Sexual harassment (e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
  • insects
  • discussion of genitalia
  • broken bones (not shown)
  • death
  • jump scares
  • set in a nursing home
  • body dysmorphia
  • flashing lights
  • sexual content
  • sad ending
  • car crash mentioned
  • blood/gore

IMDB Parental Guide:

Sex + Nudity: Mild

  • ‘D*ck’ is said twice in an anatomical context. - A man mentions ‘jacking off’. - Some sexual references. - A nurse puts some lubricant or cream on her hands and applies it to a man’s penis off screen (to treat a growth). He then thinks about a girl bending over. It is implied he gets aroused the nurse notices it and tells him to take a cold shower. The man tells the nurse to get in the shower with him and pull it. - A young woman bends over in a very short skirt and a man looks at her panties. - A woman’s breasts are briefly visible during a special ceremony.

Violence + Gore: Mild

  • We can vaguely see a rib sticking out of a man with a little blood. - A big insect attacks a man, and who then impales the insect. - A few scenes of elderly people dying of heart attacks and then shown dead. - Characters are shown being attacked by monsters. - We can vaguely see a rib sticking out of a man with a little blood. Big insects are impaled. Several scenes of elderly people dying of heart attacks and then are shown dead. - A character is set on fire. Twice.

Profanity: Moderate

  • ‘H ll’ is said at least four times. - 'D mn’ is said seven times. - ‘G dd mn’ is said. - ‘P ss’ is said. - 'B stard’ is said once. - ‘B _tch’ is said four times. - ‘ _ss’ is said once and ‘ sshole’ is said nine times. - 'Sh t’ is said many times. - 'D_ck’ is said twice. - 'F_ck’ is said five times

Alcohol, Drugs + Smoking: Mild

  • A women smokes a cigarette. A man smokes a cigar.

Frightening + Intense Scenes: Mild

  • The main villain is a mummy that sucks the souls out of people. His design might terrify some. - A few jump-scares. - The many deaths throughout may be frightening for some viewers. - The ending may be emotionally intense for some viewers.

tankie.tube links:

  • The American Astronaut (2001): tankie.tube/w/2qjeFH4Q35nzVdJJPcPytK
  • Bubba Ho-Tep (2002): tankie.tube/w/hwPi9CQJFqXM5RpEpD1TQ1

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